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  • COMMON NAME: Horseshoe Vetch
  • ARABIC: قرينه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Hippocrepis constricta Kunze
  • SYNONYMS: Hippocrepis multisiliquosa
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Distinguishing characteristic: long stalks of pale-yellow flowers and pods are in heads of 3-8 on 1.5 cm long stalks.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.floraofqatar.com/hippocrepis_constricta.htm https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498355-1/images Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Annual, prostrate herb, 20-30 cm high, sparsely pubescent to glabrescent, branched from base. Leaves imparipinnate, with petiole, 10-16 mm long, leaflets 2-3 pairs, 6-10 mm long, 2-4 mm broad, ovate, entire, obtuse to retuse. Inflorescence with 2-4 flowered, axillary or pedunculate, cluster; peduncles 10-20 mm long. Bract very small. Calyx 2-3 mm long, teeth subequal. Corolla 4-6 mm long, pale yellow, with reddish veins. Pod 2-2.5 cm long, 3-4 mm broad almost straight, narrow, separating into joints when mature. Flowering from February to April.
Sandy and silty regions.
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